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The Write Stuff: Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown on the 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy

Evan Karp Mar 13, 2014 7:45 AM

The Write Stuff is a series of interview profiles conducted by Litseen, where authors give exclusive readings from their work.

Meredith Heuer
Lemony Snicket (A.K.A. Daniel Handler) had an unusual education and a perplexing youth and now endures a despondent adulthood. His previous accounts and research have been collected and published as books, including those in A Series of Unfortunate Events, 13 Words, and The Composer Is Dead. "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" is the first title in his new, four-volume series, All the Wrong Questions.

Lisa Brown is the bestselling author and/or illustrator of a growing number of books for children, teens and new parents, including How to Be, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, and Baby Mix Me a Drink. Her 3 Panel Book Review cartoon ran in the book section of the San Francisco Chronicle. Lisa lives in San Francisco, California with her son and her husband, who is rumored to be Lemony Snicket.

What's your biggest struggle -- work or otherwise?

LB: Getting up in the morning.

DH: Getting my wife out of bed before 9.

If someone said I want to do what you do, what advice would you have for them?

DH: Get back to work, you.